Hyderabad, April 15: The government order, GO 177, stipulating ‘No work, no pay’ is only aimed att suppressing the rights of the employees and people of Telangana region, Telugu Desam’s Telangana leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy ha ssaid and demanded its immediate withdrawal.
“We will not allow the orders of Andhra rulers to be implemented here. If the GO is not withdrawn, Telangana people will teach them a befitting lesson,” he thundered at a press conference here today.
Blaming the Telangana ministers for the GO, Nagam demanded that they tender an apology to Telangana people and work for withdrawal of the GO. Otherwise, they should resign from their posts, he said.
Declaring his support for tomorrow’s agitation by Telangana employees, he alleged, “The GO is not intended just at employees. It directly targets the T-sentiment.”
Meanwhile, at an official briefing, party leader M Narsimhulu asked the state government to cancel the GO 177, saying it went against the interests of employees.
On the allegations levelled by TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao against TDP chief Naidu, Narsimhulu advised him to mend his ways. “The TRS chief should keep his party flag aside and coordinate with all political parties for the common agenda of Telangana. Rao is blaming the TDP to appease AICC president Sonia Gandhi. We have no objection if Rao merges TRS with Congress and achieves separate Telangana,” Narsimhulu said.
T Cong leaders too make similar demand
Senior Telangana Congress leaders urged the Kiran Kumar Reddy government to take immediate steps for withdrawal or cancellation of the controversial GO keeping the employees interests in view.
Talking to newsmen at the Assembly’s Media Point, MLCs KR Amos and K Yadava Reddy wanted the government not to treat the employees particularly those belonging to Telangana region as ‘enemies’ and to reconsider its decision on GO 177. “It is to be known whether the government has issued the GO as per Chapter-VIII of the Srikrishna committee,” they remarked.
PCC president D Srinivas, talking to newsmen at Gandhi Bhavan, said he would react after reading the contents of the GO. It was not correct to say that the GO was meant to suppress the Telangana.
–Agencies